Robert Griffin III named NFL Rookie of the Year

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Robert Griffin III of the Washington Redskins has won The Associated Press 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award, beating out two other sensational first-year quarterbacks....

Gabby Douglas wins AP female athlete of the year honors

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(AP) - When gymnast Gabby Douglas allowed herself to dream of being an Olympic champion, she imagined having a nice little dinner with family and friends to celebrate...

AP poll: US majority harbor prejudice against blacks

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black president, an Associated Press poll finds, as a slight majority of Americans now express prejudice toward blacks...

Obama launches sweeping federal mine safety review

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama ordered an exhaustive federal review of coal mine safety Thursday and asked Congress to strengthen existing laws "riddled with loopholes."...

Minority births set to be the majority this year

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WASHINGTON (AP) - This is part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority over the next 40 years...

Blagojevich says he's 'blacker than Barack Obama'

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's "blacker than Barack Obama" and tells Esquire magazine that he was a real person in a political arena...

KFC pulls Australian ad over US racism complaints

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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Fast food giant KFC has pulled an Australian television advertisement after it was branded racist in the United States...

Black caucus boycotts vote, gets $6 billion

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Congressional Black Caucus got $4 billion added to a Wall Street regulation bill and $2 billion to a proposed House jobs bill in spending they sought for African-American communities.

Tyler Perry donates $1 million to NAACP

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BALTIMORE (AP) -- Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to commemorate the 100th...

The 'Oprah Effect' felt across the World

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LONDON (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey's announcement last week that she will end her daytime TV program after its 25th season in 2011 made headlines from London to Johannesburg...

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Robert Griffin III named NFL Rookie of the Year

Gabby Douglas wins AP female athlete of the year honors

AP poll: US majority harbor prejudice against blacks

Obama launches sweeping federal mine safety review

Minority births set to be the majority this year

Blagojevich says he's 'blacker than Barack Obama'

KFC pulls Australian ad over US racism complaints

Black caucus boycotts vote, gets $6 billion

Tyler Perry donates $1 million to NAACP

The 'Oprah Effect' felt across the World

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